messenger Copy link Outline 1. nuntius, f. -a2. tăbellārius (letter-carrier) • messenger: 1. nuntius, f. -a: to send letters and m.s to any one, litteras nuntiosque ad aliquem mittere, Caes. B. G. 1, 26: Mercury the m. of Jove, Mercurius n. Jovis, Pl. Stich. 2, 2, 1. Praenuntius, m. to tell of any one's approach: v. harbinger. 2. tăbellārius (letter-carrier): a trusty m. (for taking letters), fidelis t., Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1.